The Big Heist
– Based on the 1986 book "The Heist: How a Gang Stole $8,000,000 at Kennedy Airport and Lived to Regre..
Based on the 1986 book "The Heist: How a Gang Stole $8,000,000 at Kennedy Airport and Lived to Regret It", by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings, this TV movie tells the story about the 1978 Lufthansa Heist at JFK Airport in New York - the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil. The heist was also the subject of the much better-known 1990 film "Goodfella"s, directed by Martin Scorsese. It was also the subject of another made-for-television film: "The 10 Million Dollar Getaway" from 1991.
10 Jun 2001
English
Robert Markowitz
Ernest Volkman (book), John Cummings (book), Jere Cunningham (teleplay), Gary Hoffman (teleplay)
Donald Sutherland, John Heard, Jamie Harris, Janet Kidder
Jimmy Burke is a small time hood, who has one final chance to make the biggest score of his life.
A&E Television Networks